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If you thought Windows, macOS, and Linux were the only operating systems for general-purpose PCs, you might want to take a look at the sheer number of alternative OSes out there. The FreeBSD scene ...

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Thanks to a bug report on the Chromium Issue Tracker, we've been treated to leaked videos of the nascent operating system (via PC World ). Known as Aluminium OS, this shiny new system shows a lot of ...

Pick the best Raspberry Pi desktop OS for 2026, including Pi 5 and Pi 4 support, plus a 170MB Diet Pi base install.

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OS X may be retired, but it deserves to be remembered. Take a trip back with these 14 key milestones in the double-decade history of the operating system that helped transform a nearly bankrupt Apple ...